Financial markets rarely move in straight lines, but the past six years have been turbulent enough to make even seasoned investors question their intuition. We have lived through political upheaval, a global health crisis, dramatic swings in inflation, the sharpest...
A year end conversation with Ron Shamgar and Robert Swift, moderated by Darren Katz As 2025 draws to a close, I decided to approach our final newsletter with a different idea. Instead of another macro roundup or performance commentary, I invited our two investment...
Every December, as markets thin out and inboxes quieten, I perform a ritual that has become one of the most important parts of my investing year. I build my Christmas reading list. Not a list of holiday-fluff beach reads, and certainly not regurgitated investing...
There are moments in markets when noise becomes deafening and investors search for a signal that cuts through it. Warren Buffett’s final shareholder letter does exactly that. It is part memoir, part reflection, and part masterclass in how to think about investing over...
If you strip investing down to its bare, unfriendly bones, you end up with a simple reality: over long periods, your returns converge toward the quality of the people running your money and the businesses you own. Balance sheets matter, valuations matter, industry...
The Physical Foundations of a Digital Future Every new industrial revolution begins with a dream, but it survives only through its infrastructure. Beneath the glossy surface of AI models, electric vehicles, and connected cities lies a far less visible network of...
Every first Tuesday in November, Australia stops. Offices pause, phones go silent, and productivity mysteriously dips around 3pm. The Melbourne Cup isn’t just a horse race, it’s a cultural ritual, a national pause button, and occasionally, a mirror reflecting how...
Most investors like to think they’re making decisions based on hard numbers. They pore over charts, debate valuations, and argue about whether the economy is heading for a soft or hard landing. But the truth is, the most important determinant of long-term investment...
After nearly two years of debate, the government has unveiled a revised version of the superannuation tax reform, softening some of its most controversial elements. The good news for trustees: unrealised gains will no longer be taxed. The bad news: the measure still...
When markets think of Donald Trump, they often think of volatility. Tweets that move oil prices, tariff threats that unsettle Asia, and the ever-present promise to “bring manufacturing home.” Yet beneath the noise lies something far more structural, a reshaping of...
As investors, we are often told to focus on the long term. But what happens when the long term collides with the present? That is exactly what we are seeing in the world of digital infrastructure, specifically data centres, the modern-day engine rooms of the internet....
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time since December 2024, signaling a major shift in monetary policy. With inflation still above target and labour market indicators flashing recessionary warnings, investors are facing a paradox:...
